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    South Australia - Immigration

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    Migrants

    Irish

    "Employment of British Capital in Aid of Irish Emigration" is in the South Australian Record,
    15 February 1840, page 51a.

    Emigration from Ireland is discussed in the Southern Australian,
    2 April 1840, page 6c.

    Irish orphan immigrants are discussed in the Register,
    2 and 27 September 1848, pages 2b and 3a,
    11 October 1848, page 4c,
    20 August 1853, page 2e; also see
    11 January 1854, page 3d.

    Information on the St Patrick's Society is in the Observer,
    12 May 1849, page 2d,
    14 July 1849, pages 2b and 1a (supp.),
    4 May 1850, page 2c (supp.),
    22 June 1850, page 1d (supp.).

    "Irish Orphans and Their Protectors(?)" is in the Observer,
    9 February 1850, page 2c.

    "Irish Emigration" is traversed in the South Australian,
    28 and 31 October 1850, pages 2f and supplement,
    7 and 14 November 1850, pages 4b and 2d-4c:

      Even in the present state of this colony, with the proportion of Irish now amongst us, and without further addition, the Irish animus is by far too prevalent...

    Information on the Saint Patrick's Society of SA is in the Observer,
    14 July 1849 (supp.),
    SA Gazette & Mining Journal,
    2 May 1850, page 3a.

    Irish emigration is discussed in the Observer,
    29 May 1852, page 3e.

    A letter from an Irish immigrant is in the Observer,
    21 January 1854, page 1d (supp.).

    "The Irish Female Immigrants" is in the Register,
    19 and 28 June 1855, pages 2f and 2f,
    3 and 4 July 1855, pages 2d and 2d; also see
    11 and 31 July 1855, pages 2e and 3d,
    2 and 15 August 1855, pages 3a and 2f,
    5 and 18 December 1855, pages 3h and 2f,
    16 January 1856, page 2c,
    15 February 1856, page 2d.
    A letter from one of them is in the Observer,
    5 July 1856, page 5g.

    "Employment for the Female Imigrants" is in the Register,
    23 and 31 July 1855, pages 3e and 3d,
    Observer,
    28 July 1855, page 5g,
    18 August 1855, page 6e,
    29 January 1856, page 6e.

    "Fenians, Irishmen and Roman Catholics" is in the Observer,
    21 March 1868, page 12g.

    "St Patrick's Day - Grand Annual Dinner" is in the Observer,
    22 March 1856, page 7f; also see
    23 March 1878, page 10c,
    19 March 1881, page 510d,
    Express,
    18 March 1879, page 3c.

    A letter from a destitute female Irish Immigrant appears in the Observer,
    5 July 1856, page 5g.

    "A Story of Irish Immigration" is in the Chronicle,
    12 February 1859, page 7e.

    "Irish Emigration" is discussed in the Register,
    9 August 1864, page 2f,
    Observer,
    15 July 1865, page 2g (supp.).

    "A Word for Irish Servant Girls" is in The Irish Harp,
    6 March 1874, page 3a,
    "Irish Immigration" on
    26 November 1875, page 4b.

    "Who Is Right?" is in the Chronicle,
    29 March 1879, page 5b.

    A poem on St Patrick's Day is in The Lantern,
    20 March 1880.

    A meeting of the Irish Land League is reported in the Observer,
    29 January 1881, page 206c,
    2 September 1882, page 33c,
    a proposed United Irish Association is discussed in the Observer,
    22 July 1882, page 29e.

    "Irish Immigration" is in the Express,
    17 September 1881, page 3b.

    "An Irishman's reply to the Parody of Patriotism" is in the Register,
    14 January 1885, page 7f.

    A photograph of the St Patrick's Day Demonstration Committee is in The Critic,
    24 March 1900, page 8.

    Biographical details of officers of the Hibernian Society, R.J. Cavanagh and Patrick Fitzpatrick are in the Observer,
    1 and 8 April 1899, pages 16c and 45c,
    of P.F. Kiley, secretary of St Patrick's day sports on
    29 March 1902, pages 50d-52 (photo.).

    "The Irishman's Immigrants - Busy Scenes at Outer Harbour" is in the Register,
    4, 8, 9 and 11 November 1912, pages 9d, 3f-7a, 15c and 10d,
    21 November 1912, page 8e,
    15 February 1913, page 13e,
    "The Irishman's Immigrants" in the Observer,
    9 November 1912, page 46e,
    18 January 1913, page 52a.

    "The Irish Element in Government" is in the Advertiser,
    31 October 1929, page 18g.

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    Migrants

    Italian

    "Italians as Immigrants" is in the Register,
    5 January 1909, page 4e; also see
    6, 8, 11 and 20 January 1909, page 5e, 7e, 9e and 4c,
    27 September 1910, page 9c,
    27 January 1923, page 10g,
    14 February 1923, page 13b,
    The News,
    29 November 1924, page 6e,
    Register,
    9 November 1928, page 8d.

    "New Australians" is in The News,
    16 January 1926, page 6c.

    "Naturalization Refused - An Italian's Dilemma" is in the Register,
    25 May 1927, page 12g.

    "Musolini and Australia" is in the Advertiser,
    3 September 1927, page 19d,
    "Italians for Australia" on
    8 September 1927, page 12h; also see
    28 August 1928, page 8f.

    "Italian Emigration and the New Fascist Law" is in the Advertiser,
    16 October 1928, page 12f.

    "Italian Migration" is in the Register,
    9 November 1928, page 8d.

    Photographs of members of the Italian Fascisti are in the Chronicle,
    19 May 1928, page 42.

    "Little Italy in South Australia" is in the Advertiser,
    19 October 1935, page 11f.

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    Migrants

    Scots

    Also see under Adelaide - Clubs, Societies and Associations

    Information on the emigration of females from the Shetland Islands is in the Observer,
    31 August 1850, page 1b (supp.),
    28 September 1850, page 1c (supp.),
    30 November 1850, page 2c (supp.),
    16 August 1851, page 6e-f.

    "Female Emigrants from the Shetland Islands" is in the South Australian,
    26 and 29 August 1850, pages 3a and 3b,
    Register,
    23 September 1850, page 4d; also see
    SA Gazette & Mining Journal,
    1 July 1848, page 2e,
    5 December 1850, page 3c,
    Observer,
    31 August 1850, page 1b (supp.),
    30 November 1850, page 2c (supp.),
    16 August 1851, page 6e,
    6 December 1851, page 6c.

    Immigration from the Hebrides is discussed in the Register,
    18 December 1855, page 2g,
    29 January 1856, page 2g, Observer,
    22 December 1855, page 4h,
    2 February 1856, page 8b. Also see
    Register,
    21 and 24 September 1878, pages 5a and 6b.

    Information on the St Andrew's Society is in the Observer,
    7 December 1850, page 4a (supp.).

    "Grand Caledonian Gathering" is in the Observer,
    4 and 11 January 1873, pages 12b and 6f-14g; also see
    Register,
    7 January 1873, page 5e,
    17 October 1883, page 6f.
    Information on a Caledonian Society is in the Observer,
    20 August 1881, page 32c,
    3 and 17 September 1881, pages 35c and 31c,
    25 March 1882, page 35b,
    15 April 1882, pages 7c-20d,
    12 August 1882, page 32b,
    25 November 1882, page 8c,
    18 August 1883, page 35b,
    14 August 1886, page 34d,
    13 August 1898, page 55a,
    17 February 1912, page 35e,
    Register,
    27 February 1885, page 3g.
    Biographical details of the Chief of the society, A.J. McLachlan, are in the Observer,
    15 July 1899, page 42b,
    an obituary of G.H. MacMillan, secretary, on
    2 May 1914, page 41a.

    Scotch emigration to South Australia is discussed in the Observer,
    15 April 1876, page 13e,
    19 May 1877, page 17g,
    Register,
    5 May 1877, page 6c,
    "Highland Emigration" in the Chronicle,
    4 August 1888, page 5b,
    "An Invasion of Adelaide" in the Express,
    15 May 1907, page 4d,
    "The Scot in South Australia" in the Advertiser,
    30 November 1929, page 15f.

    "Scotland and Immigration" is in the Register,
    14 February 1912, page 6g.

    "Scotch Emigration to South Australia" is in the Observer,
    19 May 1877, page 17g.

    St Andrew's Day celebrations are reported in the Observer,
    13 December 1884, page 29b,
    a sports day on
    11 April 1885, page 34d.

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    Migrants

    Cornish & Welsh

    Cornish

    "Immigration from Cornwall" is in the Register,
    7 May 1866, page 2b,
    Observer, 12 May 1866, page 6c.

    "An Appeal to the Cornish in SA" is in the Express,
    26 April 1879, page 3e,
    5 May 1879, page 2e,
    12 July 1879, page 2b,
    6 September 1879, page 2c.

    A proposed association is discussed in the Express,
    15 and 22 February 1890, pages 2d and 3c.

    "What Cornishmen Have Done" is in the Register,
    21 October 1901, page 4f.

    A photograph of an immigrant Cornish family is in the Observer,
    1 March 1924, page 33.

    "Cornishmen Brought Prosperity to South Australia" is in the Advertiser,
    23 May 1936, page 11g.

    Welsh

    A banquet at the Earl of Zetland on Saint David's Day is reported in the Chronicle,
    8 March 1879, page 4e (supp.); also see
    Express,
    4 February 1879, page 2d,
    3 March 1890, page 2c.
    Observer,
    8 March 1890, page 30b,
    Register,
    1 March 1920, page 6d.
    Photographs of a Cambrian picnic at Burnside are in the Observer,
    29 January 1931, page 34.

    An "annual" Welsh gathering is reported upon in the Register,
    2 September 1885, page 6g.
    A proposed Welsh society is discussed in the Register,
    15 November 1886, page 5c.

    The formation of a Cambrian Society is reported in the Observer,
    28 May 1887, page 31b; also see
    Observer,
    12 April 1902, page 31a,
    Register,
    10 November 1927, page 15e.

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